a recent shortage of all 26 capital letters is putting a pinch on many writers across the nation - and in virginia.
the letters-capitalization deficit, caused by what literary experts are blaming as an “overuse of all upper-case forms of the alphabet,” has led to a 52 percent decline in all properly-edited book and document writing, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Virginia’
October 16, 2008
upper-case letter shortage plagues local writers
October 7, 2008
State Capitol Goes Slightly Overboard For National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Support ‘em:
The Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation,
The Matt Davis Foundation.
September 26, 2008
Tobacco Avenue’s Tips For Attending: The State Fair Of Virginia
Heading to the State Fair of Virginia, which runs through October 5? Whether you attend every year with family and friends or this is your first time at one of the most cherished rites of passage into autumn, be sure to follow these simple guidelines to make the most out of your visit:
-Leave that diet of yours [...]
September 9, 2008
Area attorneys with TV commercials form one huge law firm
In a deal being hailed by the legal industry as the biggest merger of its kind, all five of the Richmond-area law firms that run television commercials said today that they have formed a single huge firm “to better serve clients” and “produce several hundred low-budget - but extremely effective - TV advertisements.”
The law firm of [...]
July 10, 2008
Reports: VCU’s Trani linked to Philip Morris and blah, blah, blah whatever
A series of media reports during the past two months have shed new light onto the relationship between Virginia Commonwealth University President Eugene P. Trani and Philip Morris USA, a company that makes tobacco and cigarettes and everyone thinks is evil and isn’t really but whatever and blah, blah, blah, et cetera, et cetera.
The reports [...]
July 1, 2008
Stuck in cement, Dominion protestors left for dead
Thirteen protesters demonstrating against Dominion Resources were left for dead yesterday in downtown Richmond after bonding their hands into buckets of cement to form a human chain, police said.
The college-age protesters blocked employees at Dominion’s corporate headquarters from going into work, also tying up traffic for miles around the city.
“It’s obvious that [the protesters] went [...]
June 23, 2008
Webb fights for picture on wall after ‘almost’ finishing one-pound cheeseburger
Virginia Senator Jim Webb was thrown out of a Henrico County restaurant over the weekend after trying to get his picture on the wall for nearly devouring a one-pound cheeseburger, sources said.
Though the picture wall at Cheeburger Cheeburger is reserved for patrons who finish the establishment’s largest hamburger, nearby customers said Webb came within two bites [...]
June 10, 2008
Warner to Gilmore: ‘Oh yeah? Well you’re a weiner-brain’
Former Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner today launched a scathing attack on his Republican opponent for U.S. Senate, saying he was the right candidate for the job because “I’m not a complete retard-o dorkwad weiner-face.”
The comments came just hours after Jim Gilmore, another former governor, kicked off his U.S. Senate campaign and immediately began name-calling, saying his [...]
June 4, 2008
Report: Virginia lags nation in production of plastic thingies on end of shoelaces
An alarming new study out today expresses concern over Virgina’s drastic decline during the last decade in production of those plastic thingies found on the end of shoelaces.
The state ranked 50th in the U.S. for producing “whatever you call the little thingies that help the lace go through shoe holes,” according to the 22-page report [...]
June 3, 2008
Obama: ‘What I truly hope for, besides all this America shit, is that Denzel Washington plays me in the movie’
May 22, 2008
Oil prices soar on weak dollar, low supply as Lordy this topic is boring
Oil prices soared past $133 a barrel yesterday, signaling an economy on the verge of recession or something and whatever, just, please stop talking about money things for a second, experts warned.
“The high cost of gas going into the summer months can be directly attributed to falling oil supplies, a weak dollar and how can [...]
May 12, 2008
Henry Hager to fellow Richmond men: ‘I win’
Proving his sheer ultimate manliness above all other Richmond-born males, city resident Henry Chase Hager formally declared his dating prowess this weekend after marrying a daughter of the president of the United States.
Gallantly arriving in a black Chevrolet Suburban to a local press conference, Hager stepped onto a rolled red carpet and, as if in slow motion, [...]
April 29, 2008
Real-life ‘Twister’ nowhere near as cool as the movie, witness says
SUFFOLK - Picking up the pieces and trying to rebuild after a devastating tornadoes swept across the area, resident Jeremiah Marsh said this morning that while he thoroughly enjoyed the movie “Twister” and thought it was awesome, the real-life ones were nowhere near as cool.
“Businesses damaged, families displaced, cars flipped, homes destroyed and yet not a [...]
